PERSONAL ITEMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 24869, 15 April 1944, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. W. E. p arrv ... . Knt Affai ';' Wt «ft taiv of" tho ¥®«- I Joan, arrived trom WelJinstnn St > 1 (lay. " ton y%t er , I .Mr. L. \ . Masters, who fn has been telegraph supervisor U / eat ' ft 11 awera post oflice, has been L . th « IS ASS " " ,B <*»* II The Rev. A. A. Armstrong p terian minister of the 111 parish for the past f our Jf accepted a call to Knox Church 3 P nnsvilie, where Ins induction "u lof * Ifc place on May 9. . UCtloa take 1 Mr Arthur Morton, of p I month, has resigned on account\t-l' 1 health from the board of Si 0 * 1 Massey Agricultural Co" ®ofl he was a inundation member'and cIS f man sor lour years. " dir * 1J qppositiqnleader I TOUR OF NORTH PLANNED I (0.C.) DABGAVILLE, Friday I A comprehensive tour of the f p northern electorates has been pl an . : by the Leader of the Opposition Mr S. G. Holland, who will be accoml H-' panied by the member for Xaipara, [i' T. C. Webb, the organiser of t'na lIS National Party, Mr. Wilks, Mrs, Hoi. I land and Mrs. Webb. Commencine h | f.he Waiternata electorate on l'hursdav A.« I 20, tiie tour will embrace WC P ngarei, Paparoa, Ruawai, Bargavi".| e r' To Kopuru, Rawene, Kaitaia, Keri'*J r and Wellsford. Mr. Holland will on his return to Wellington on Ma v 4 MENTION IN DESPATCHES [ MIDDLE EAST SERVICE l (P.A.) WELLINGTON. Friday K The King has approved of a further I' four members of the Second New Zea, [ land Expeditionary Force being nien , fa tioned in despatches in recognition of gallant and distinguished sen-ice in the 1 Middle East, according to adriee re- § ceived by the Minister of Defence, the Hon, F. Jones. The list is as follows:—Sergeant I Rodger Elliot Kempthorne Barton— t-l Mrs. IN'. A. Barton, Hastings (wife 1 .. 1 Lance-Sergeant Harold Thomas Dowm 1 —Mrs. X. A. Downs, Auckland 1 (mother); Sapper Richard Lawrence 1 Harris —Mrs. M. Harris, Hamilton 1 (mother); Private John Paekwcod Thompson—Mr. R. M. Thompson, Boss (father). Sapper Harris has returned to New Zealand. COMMAND OF VESSEL BRAVE ADMIRAL'S SON Command of a submarine patrol chaser was recently given to Lieutenant Daniel J. Callaghan, son of RearAdmiral Daniel J. Callaghan, United States Navy, who was well knows to many .New Zealanders as Vice-Admiral R. L. Ghormley's chief of staff before he lost his life in the Solomons while commander of a task force attacking superior enemy forces attempting to dislodge the marines on Guadalcanal Lieutenant Callaghan later received the Congressional Medal of Honour, the highest of American decorations, which was bestowed posthumously on his father. When he received command of a submarine chaser Lieutenant Callaghan had just completed training at the Submarine Chaser Training Centre. Before then his service had included duty at Pearl Harbour. He is aged 27. RETURNED SERVICEMEN AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION The membership of the Auckland Re- f turned Services Association has grown during the past year from 4323 to 6584/1 states tiie annual report of the associa- ' tion. Present war members total 1992, compared with 520,1a5t year, but the increase in membership is not .due is these alone, as 789 returned men of the last war have either newly joined or rejoined. Weekly visits have been made oy members of the hospital committee to the Mental, Auckland and Green Lano Hospitals, and the military hospital. St. John's College has teen visited fortnightly. Members of the Mount Welling-ton-Panmure Club paid regular visits to Knox Home, and Ellerslie 'was also visited. Comforts were distributed at all these institutions, t' 1034 being expended in this direction. The Great War Funds Administration Committee made grants of £4O a month and £IOO at Christmas toward this work, and £"8 was received as the result of the Anzac Day collection from school children. Several hundred appeals wer>3 sponsored and supported by the association at three sittings of the War Pensions Appeal Board. About SO per cent ot the' claims and appeals were oa befcalf or men of tlie present war. OBITUARY MR. FRANK MACDONALD v (0.C.) HUNTLY, Friday Tiie death has occurred of Mr. Irank Maedonald, of Huntly. A follower or League football, he had been president for some years and patron of tne souta Auckland League up to the time ot his death, in order to encourage P-"5 .• between the pakelia and Maori League j, footballers, last season he donated the Maedonald Shield for annual compeation. He was a member of the Boroaga Council, but resigned in 1938 m order to make a trip to America. Betore coming to Huntly Mr. Maedonald was dairy farming at Rangiriri for several years. Born in Boston, America, Mr. Macdonald. at one time a cowboy, was drafted by the Republican Party 1 1904 to run for sheriff, and coming the first Republican siienff Chouteau County in 12 years- O ne his greatest Experiences was tiie c r turiug in 1905 of a killer named tion i in the prairie, near Lewiston, wn - out firing a shot. The story Oi taking of Hay showed courage, can and foresight on the part ot the 0 boy sheriff, Mr. Maedonald had 3 sp.- 1 did record as sheriff until 1310, w „ lie left- to come to New Zealand, is survived by his second wife. MRS. E. A. HODGSON The death occurred yesterday Elizabeth Anne Hodgson, widow ot - • James Hodgson, woollen merchant. Auckland, who died 15 years ago. Hodgson was born at Hoi beck, L V.' England, in 1859, and came to land in 1883. Her husband had e- 1 . established himself in the city 1" family business of woollen me rcl ' . j Eortv-one vears ago they CT ' _ s 'Hoibeck," Shelly Beach. the large home and spacious 6 ro became the centre of much or tiie and social life of the district. - r Hodgson was a life-member of the . toria League and a foundation m 1 of the Lyceum Club, and at o Vw nn ket an active member of the " Society. She is survived bv one t | Mr. At hoi Hodgson, of Aiickl® nc ■ ' j a number of grandchildren. j

MEAT PRICE ORDER (P A.) WELLINGTON. F» d J Amendment's to the Meat Pric® published in the Gazette l ßs * , n j n . include cuts of meat not eluded, without any price in ~_„j Sl Meat sundries, that is, sj*ec_ are tongues and other unrationed 1 , s^ on . not included, but a separate fl rc ' t !y t corning these will he gazetted •